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Highwater,
I really don't need the long version of how you did it, just a few clues as to where it took place and how you handled the upgrades as well as your driving speed. I'm just trying to improve my own technique. As of now, it seems that the only way I can get 80MPG over the long distances is to drive 45 on the uphill grades. Going downhill doesn't take any skill at all. Overall, I drive anywhere from 55 to 59 on level, up to 65 or 70 going downhill, and mostly 45 if it's an uphill (even slightly) grade. ---So how do you do it? Gary

Mr Highwater----I was looking at your dash photos showing your super MPG levels. I thought I was doing well by getting 79.9 driving from Portland, Oregon over 1579 miles to Tucson, Az. There were many times when I had slowed to 45 miles per hour on slightly uphill grades just to be able to maintain something close to 75 mpg. Could you tell me what your driving secret is--or did you begin at the 11,000 foot summit west of Denver and coast down to Ohio? I am very curious. Gary

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